Annual Christmas gathering with the Garden Girls

The garden girls met up for our annual Christmas gathering on the 26th. All of us turned up and I was really happy to see everyone after such a long time~~ 

We had lunch at Marmalade, Bangsar Village 2. 

Great food. Great company. Great moments 

~Family photo~

cute purse from Grace (souvenir from Thailand)

Prezzie exchange session!

I got Grace's gift ^^

Jia-Min (big flower)

Yen (bee)

Hilary (small grass)

Valerie Chua (Zhu Ren)

Alice (clover)

Grace (rainbow)

Valerie Cheah (dragonfly)

It's gonna be a long time till our next gathering..

All the best wishes to my beloved girlfriends, Uni life was the best with you guys and I will never forget the times we spent together =') 

Love you guys, keep in touch & take care. See you guys during graduation! ^_^

The Tea Republic @ BSC

I had my last paper for the semester finals today so i'm free, Free, FRee, FREe, FREE as a bird!!!! (besides rushing for my dreadful thesis =/)

Valerie asked me to have lunch together coz we don't know when will it be the next time we'll have a meal together again since she's gonna start her extended semester in Nov and mine in Sep. We initially wanted to go to Poco Homemade after our exams at 10am but I suddenly recalled that they only open at 12pm.. Therefore we resorted to go to BSC to check out Oga's recommendation of a DELICIOUS and CHEAP place called "Monte"..... or was is "Monte's"? Anyway, it took us quite a few rounds searching the whole mall to finally bump into the corner wine and bar restaurant, turns out it wasn't as "cheap" as we expected it to be... 

Being kinda disappointed (with growling stomachs) we decided to just stick to any cafes or restaurants in the mall just to fill our stomachs.. then when we were about to give up and leave for Poco Homemade, Val saw a poster about a tea shop called "The Tea Republic". My first impression was they either only sell desserts and teas or worse, maybe only packaged teas. Being the tea lovers we are, we decided to give it a shot... gotta find out what it was!

Search search search........ we saw the little shop at the end of the mall at a secluded corner.. we immediately fell in love with the interior.. So we went in to check out and saw that their meals are priced at about RM10 ++, we immediately took our seats!

First look at the menu, we were like "err...lapsang tea?" What interesting names they have for their tea! I spotted my all time favorite Earl Grey Tea and wanted to order them when Val pointed out that it was priced at RM17.90... a freaking RM17.90! I turned the pages to find for other alternatives and saw that they have Cinnamon Milk Tea for RM8.90, okay, since I like cinnamon and black tea.. RM8.90 is more affordable for me. 

Therefore, Cinnamon Milk Black Tea it is for me, with my Cottage Pie + Salad.

Valerie on the other hand had her Green Tea and Indian Chicken + saffron rice. 

    

~Cinnamon Milk Black Tea~

~Cottage Pie with Salad~

After our meals, we talked and were so high and crazy over their decoration and utensils.. i know, we can be pretty embarrassing at times >.< Experimented a lot with Val's new camera and explored the merchandises at the store. They sell Stick Teas and tea bags in pairs, magnets about tea, recycled bags etc. 

Suddenly, we lifted our heads and saw "Homemade Ice-cream".. it was like a blinking billboard shouting our names and we were mesmerize @.@ when we woke up, both of us each had a flavor- GreenTea and Teh Tarik, in front of us and spooning away.. (by "spooning" i mean the transitive verb to eat, scoop, or carry something with a spoon or with the action of somebody using a spoon) 

Our verdict: super delicious ice-cream that you won't be left feeling unhealthy after eating the whole cup. ^_^ However, there were some grainy particles throughout the whole cup which we think is blended tea leaves, might leave you choking on it so do get ready some water to smooth-en your throat ;)

~Teh Tarik Homemade Ice-cream by The Last Polka~

Definitely a must-try destination! Gonna bring my family there one day ^_^

Check out their website and facebook page

Pocohomemade Cafe & Atelier

Valerie told us about this new cafe and we decided to go. It's located at Jalan Kurau, Bangsar.. Took a quick look at the map and we went on our little expedition.. LOL =P

here's their cute little cafe sign. ^^

Homemade Chocolate Molten Cake

This is super duper heart-melting! the choco inside is melted but the outer layer is cake. definitely a must-try!

antique dessert fork

Jelly Citron Tea

Alice's Omelette Rice and Japanese Curry 

I luuuurrve that vintage chair! ;) 

They've got a corner/wall where they sell their handmade stuff. Unique, perfectly sewn bags, pins, and passport holders etc.

Valerie writing into their guestbook. Guess what, they provide cute stamps for us to decorate our messages =)

they've got a sewing corner at the back. on my way to the toilet,  i spotted some recyclable stuffs that i think they're gonna use for decoration.. ^__^

Model of the day.. haha =D

the only regret for me is that i didn't bring a better camera so i have to make do with my phone camera. turned out quite ok i guess coz there was lots of sunlight ;)

Visiting the Merlion Country

Singpore is a really place. Clean and safe streets, Friendly and helpful people, Cheap and nice stuffs, Wide selection of delicious food, & very convenient public transportation. (psst, i especially love their comfy vintage-like cabs ;)) 

7/8/10

SeohYing picked me up from the Changi Airport and brought me to the hostel i was planning to stay. We reached Little India around 8.30pm and began searching the streets for the hostel but to our disappointment, it was fully booked! They referred us to a few other backpacker hostels but all of them were full house too... We didn't give up searching and without a backup plan, we tried our luck at Dunlop street, thank God SY was tall enough to see the signboard of Dunlop21 Hostel. To our amaze, they had plenty of space available!! It was already 10.30pm when we checked-in so SY decided to stay the night with me ^^ After settling everything, we went for a late dinner at a restaurant around the corner.

8/8/10

After breakfast, SY brought me to Bugis street while she went back home to have a change of clothes since she didn't bring anything during her stay with me at the hostel.. hehe =) I window shopped around Bugis street while waiting for WeyNee and WeyJhian for lunch. It was so tempting to buy everything at Bugis Street! Clothes were priced at around $10-19.90 at boutique standard quality. There were watches, tops, jeans, dresses, hats. I only bought a blouse for $10 and regretted not buying more coz I was worried that I might exceed my budget for the next 2 days. Who would've knew that the next 2 days were more of window shopping and sight-seeing. =/ but anyways, I had lotsa fun!

Bugis Junction

-bought a bracelet that has pleated leather around it

Opposite Iluma Shopping centre. Their food was totally worth the money i paid. $13.90 for a set of main course, coleslaw, garlic bread and drinks. Highlight was that the quality of their food can compete with Delicious in Malaysia.

Baked rice with ham and mushroom :'P

Ann Siang Hill

One thing I totally adore of this place is the colonial architecture of the shops. One more thing, the shops there sells weird stuffs that you don't get to see in Malaysia. ^.^ 

Kki pastry/eat/love & Thelittledromstore knick-knacks/treehouse/sunbeams

7 Ann Siang Hill, Singapore 069791

(I'm actually so obssessed with them that i could memorize their address including the postcode.. hehe *blush*)

this cute blue shop is a cafe selling Italian pastries.

Books Actually

They specialize in selling literature, some autobiographies and handmade notebooks and bookmarks. I SO LOVE their interior designing, it may look messy in this pic but I love a shop that has tonnes of things for my eyes to feast at and especially if everyone of them is so interesting!! ^__^  check them out!

Jurong Point

The DIY cake from The Icing Room that we made for SeohYing for her birthday eve celebration at Jurong Point. 

Group photo. It was great to see everyone all grown up since primary 6! =D

After this picture, my camera battery was blinking in red and I happened to have left my charger in Paka, so no pictures for day 3 & 4 =(

9/8/10 (Singapore National Day)

Wey Nee stayed the night with me at the Hostel on the 2nd night and she brought me to Iluma for a walk and then to Plaza Singapura for a movie - Despicable Me and the Arcade, which was totally a different experience compared to Malaysia~~ In the evening, WN brought me to Vivo City and enjoyed the view of the pretty lighted up Sentosa Island on the rooftop that has a shallow but wide wading pool. O.o We had dinner there and went home. Me, to my hostel and WN, to her home. 

10/8/10

Woke up in the morning, WN met up with me at the hostel after breakfast. We departed straight to Changi Airport and had lunch at Fish & Co. It was my first time and i think it was not bad, but if it wasn't for the promotional price, their original price would've been not worth the quality. Maybe it was also because of the lack of staffs that day which slowed down the cooking and serving. Anyways, i left for KL on the delayed AirAsia flight at 4.45pm. All i can is that it was an exhausting but satisfying trip! 

Thanks WeyNee, WeyJhian and SeohYing for accompanying me in Singapore. Hope to see you guys soon... I will definitely visit Singapore again, hopefully next year! haha X)